Ep. 154: The Means to Seize the Means

If you're listening to this, you probably already think socialism is neat. Sure, many people are saying "worker control of industry," but how do we get there? What are the pathways for changing ownership structures and for creating new structures that are fit for socialism?

We talk through a few potential avenues--expanding bargaining rights for labor unions, democratically owned and controlled banks, the possibilities and limitations of trustbusting, etc--but we're hoping this conversation sets the tone for a new avenue of work for our podcast. We hope you like! Let us know if you don't. Maybe we'll change, or maybe not.

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Reading list:

Corporations would kill you to turn a profit -- https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/corporations-profit-values-murder-culture-boeing
Public Banks on the move -- https://newrepublic.com/article/150594/public-banks-suddenly-popular
Vox history of public banks -- https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/9/24/20872558/california-north-dakota-public-bank
Jacobin on the radical horizons (and limits) of unions -- https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/marxism-trade-unions-socialism-revolutionary-organizing
Jacobin on anti-trust (and Matt Stoler) -- https://jacobinmag.com/2019/11/monopolies-antitrust-goliath-book-review-matt-stoller
Let's nationalize Boeing -- https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/12/23/42370873/its-time-to-nationalize-boeing